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Wild Geese Flying under the Full Moon

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular artwork featuring two dark-colored geese flying to the right. Geese have gray and black feathers with hints of yellow on their bodies and wings. Geese are positioned diagonally across the artwork with one behind the other. Wings are spread; one goose's wing partially obscures the other. Background features a large pale moon and blue clouds at the bottom. The artwork includes several Asian characters written in black and red ink. The red characters are stamped in a square box at the bottom and as a seal on the left side. The artwork's color palette consists of beige, gray, black, blue, and red.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1833
Medium:
Woodblock print
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
216 × 622 px
Museum record:
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